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The Counter Arts Book Club List for 2025
The Counter Arts Book Club List for 2025
Another twelve books for a new set of twelve months
Sadie Seroxcat
Dec 19, 2024
So You Want to Write For Counter Arts?
Sadie Seroxcat
Announcements & Reminders
Sadie Seroxcat
Housekeeping
Sadie Seroxcat
Onwards and Upwards
Sadie Seroxcat
Counter Arts Book Club 2024
Sadie Seroxcat
The Wheel Turns and Another New Year Begins
Sadie Seroxcat
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Review: ‘Joker: Folie à Deux’ Puts its Audience on Trial
Review: ‘Joker: Folie à Deux’ Puts its Audience on Trial
Todd Phillips’ massively awaited sequel was a huge flop… for the right reasons?
Reece Beckett
Feb 14
Kindly Yours, with Negative Capability
Kindly Yours, with Negative Capability
(in memory of Marianne Faithfull, 1946–2025)
Francis Laleman
Feb 14
‘The Entity’ (1982) by Sidney J. Furie
‘The Entity’ (1982) by Sidney J. Furie
A horror film masterpiece on mental states, misogyny, the male gaze and power
Marc Barham
Feb 14
Philosophy of Walking
Philosophy of Walking
Frédéric Gros asks “Is walking merely the act of commuting between home and work, rushing to meet deadlines, and navigating the daily…
EpicuroZge
Feb 14
Series Review | ‘Twilight of the Gods’
Series Review | ‘Twilight of the Gods’
Snyder’s ultra-violent crack at Norse Myth is visually arresting, occasionally poignant, and surprisingly heartfelt
Vincent Salamone
Feb 14
Why Learning Art History is Essential
Why Learning Art History is Essential
The many benefits of learning Art History at school
Samuel Belleville-Douelle
Feb 14
Why ‘Harry Potter’ is Closer to Christianity than the Occult
Why ‘Harry Potter’ is Closer to Christianity than the Occult
The Christian undertones of the ‘Harry Potter’ franchise
Tom Barrett
Feb 14
‘Close’, ‘Giovanni’s Room’, and My Dreams of Being a Murderer
‘Close’, ‘Giovanni’s Room’, and My Dreams of Being a Murderer
The things we push down in order to survive
Rachael Braithwaite
Feb 13
What AI Will Never Understand About Being Human
What AI Will Never Understand About Being Human
The depth and messiness of humanity
Kristine Harper
Feb 13
How the Trump Administration Will Harm Disabled People
How the Trump Administration Will Harm Disabled People
Orders and policy goals will make the United States even more hostile to disabled people.
Allie Funk
Feb 13
$55 for a Video Game is Too Expensive (Or is it?)
$55 for a Video Game is Too Expensive (Or is it?)
How do we calculate the worth of a video game anyway?
Sieran Lane
Feb 13
It’s My ‘Kirik Party’, and I’ll Cry If I Want To
It’s My ‘Kirik Party’, and I’ll Cry If I Want To
School doesn’t teach you how to deal with loss, but life does…
A. K
Feb 13
Review: Cinema’s Greatest Monster Returns in ‘Godzilla Raids Again’
Review: Cinema’s Greatest Monster Returns in ‘Godzilla Raids Again’
The second Godzilla film, released in 1955, tries to emulate the success of Ishiro Honda’s iconic original
Reece Beckett
Feb 12
‘Efface’: Bea Camacho and the Eternal Crocheting
‘Efface’: Bea Camacho and the Eternal Crocheting
How many meters of yarn does it take for Bea Camacho to efface herself? I watch and I wonder, how long before I, too, am undone?
Christina Daha-Ate
Feb 12
The Disloyalty of Feeling Good
The Disloyalty of Feeling Good
How good are you allowed to feel before it becomes a problem?
Jane Elliott PhD
Feb 12
Tarantino’s Bloodstained Capitalism: Power, Greed, and Racial Reckoning in ‘The Hateful Eight’
Tarantino’s Bloodstained Capitalism: Power, Greed, and Racial Reckoning in ‘The Hateful Eight’
On ‘The Hateful Eight’ in its 10th Anniversary Year and the Economics of Survival
Kevin Powers
Feb 12
The Book Review — ‘Indignation’
The Book Review — ‘Indignation’
Philip Roth treats the reader to a story about anti-war sentiment, family roots and social repression in the USA in the mid-20th century. A…
Alejandro Orradre
Feb 12
What Pink Floyd’s ‘The Wall’ Teaches Us About Fascism
What Pink Floyd’s ‘The Wall’ Teaches Us About Fascism
You go to the news for the news and to the poets for the truth
Lisa Fouweather
Feb 12
The Strange Mixture of ‘No Good Deed’
The Strange Mixture of ‘No Good Deed’
The Netflix comedy explores several genres that intersect and result in a story that strays from some canons, although the rails of the…
Alejandro Orradre
Feb 12
How I Overcame Racial Fawning
How I Overcame Racial Fawning
Pulling back the curtain on racialized inferiority
Erick Sierra
Feb 11
Think Globally, Act Locally
Think Globally, Act Locally
A vegetarian arguing for the middle-way
Gayathri Thiyyadimadom
Feb 11
The January 2025 Neil Gaiman Update
The January 2025 Neil Gaiman Update
It got worse.
Priya Sridhar
Feb 11
Impression Management — How We Carefully Manage How Others Perceive Us
Impression Management — How We Carefully Manage How Others Perceive Us
Case study — “Not first date foods”
Jan Buhrmann, Ph.D.
Feb 11
‘The French Lieutenant’s Woman’ (1981): A Few Thoughts on a Postmodernist Movie
‘The French Lieutenant’s Woman’ (1981): A Few Thoughts on a Postmodernist Movie
I’ve wanted to see this movie for a long time now. Here are my thoughts on Meryl Streep’s and Jeremy Irons’ performances, and more…
Mira G. Eliodora
Feb 11
The Sweetest Psychopath — Why the Season 1 Finale of ‘The Day of the Jackal’ Is a Bullseye
The Sweetest Psychopath — Why the Season 1 Finale of ‘The Day of the Jackal’ Is a Bullseye
Eddie Redmayne stars in the streaming remake of a classic, and interrogates our desire for perfect control
Owen Schaefer
Feb 11
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